Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo The Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation has sacked its London-based Chief Executive Officer, Anne Welsh, following video evidence allegedly showing that she had been involved in money laundering activities for many years. It was learnt that Welsh, a former investment banker, met the former president during a conference in Brussels, Belgium in […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 9th, 2015
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia free of the Ebola virus, confirming that the country has had no new cases in 42 days. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told the BBC that Liberia had “crossed the Rubicon” and would be celebrating a concerted effort to stem the disease. More than 4,700 deaths from Ebola […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, May 9th, 2015
Top left: Osamor; top bottom: Onwurah; middle: Cameron; top right: Grant; top bottom: Umunna. In one of the most keenly contested general elections in British history, four Nigerians won seats to the revered parliament, making it the first time such feat would be recorded Against all odds, David Cameron has won his re-election bid in […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a stake in the club. The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times as much as when he tried to buy into the Gunners, and the passionate Gooners has not given up on […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga has made a bid to buy Ivorian mobile telecoms operator Comium Cote d’Ivoire. According to Telegeography, Globacom, a Nigerian mobile telecoms operator owned by Adenuga, is lodging a $600 million takeover bid for Comium Cote d’Ivoire, a company that has been grappling with debt and cash flow problems. If the deal […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Wednesday, said four Nigerians executed in Indonesia for drug-related offences might have been denied their right to Nigerian lawyers. Martin Anderson, (50); Silvester Nwolise, (47); Okwudili Oyatanze, (41), and Jamiu Abashin, (50), along with four others, were shot dead by […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
(CNN)German authorities think they “have thwarted an Islamist attack,” and a married couple have been arrested in a town near Frankfurt in connection with the case, the interior minister for the German state of Hesse told reporters Thursday. The official didn’t provide details about the alleged plot, but German media are reporting that a man […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
Fourteen French soldiers are implicated in a probe into the alleged rape of children in the Central African Republic, a judicial source said Thursday, in what could be a potentially devastating scandal for the army. The source, who wished to remain anonymous, said that “very few” of these soldiers had actually been identified in an […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
By Abimbola Adelakun Since the South African xenophobia crisis began, the term, “Nigerians!”, has recurred in the various discussions – from news footages to op-eds- elicited in the wake of the attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa. In several video footages, one can hear South Africans complaining about the “Nigerians” who are taking over […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, April 30th, 2015
Indonesia execution The Federal Government has condemned the execution of four Nigerians by the Indonesian authorities over drug-related offences, despite pleas for clemency by President Goodluck Jonathan. The government, while commiserating with the families of the deceased, demanded the repatriation of the corpses of the executed Nigerians. It explained that they would be given decent […]
